Not who you're looking for? Others named Don Bacon: American baseball player-manager · New Zealand microbiologist
Total votes
643
Missed
2 (0.3%)
Committees
2
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
No contradictions identified between Don Bacon's stated positions and their recorded votes.
Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports reforms to SNAP and Medicaid such as work requirements and audits to remove ineligible recipients, while stating protections remain for vulnerable populations.
Supported work requirements for disabled Americans and multiple fraud prevention and accountability measures in benefits programs.
🗳 Yea on HR8884 (2026-07-23)🗳 Yea on HRES1335 (2026-06-11)🗳 Yea on HR7892 (2026-06-10)🗳 Yea on HR8464 (2026-06-10)
Supports increased defense spending to maintain military readiness and has pushed for funding increases in national security appropriations.
Voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act and multiple national security and military construction appropriations bills.
🗳 Yea on HR8800 (2026-07-22)🗳 Yea on HR8595 (2026-07-15)🗳 Yea on HR8469 (2026-05-15)
Opposes Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, calling a nuclear-armed Iran a serious threat to the U.S. and its allies.
Opposed resolutions directing removal of US forces from hostilities involving Iran on multiple occasions.
🗳 Nay on HCONRES89 (2026-07-23)🗳 Nay on HCONRES86 (2026-06-03)🗳 Nay on HCONRES75 (2026-05-14)
Supports securing the southern border and legal immigration reform, but favors a 'balanced' enforcement approach and has criticized some Republicans as overly hostile toward immigration.
No votes or bills address border security, immigration enforcement, or related reforms.
Supports cutting taxes, including making 2017 tax cuts permanent and eliminating taxes on Social Security, while backing debt reduction efforts like the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
No votes address tax cuts, making 2017 cuts permanent, or eliminating taxes on Social Security.
Supports legislation to restore congressional authority over tariffs and has criticized broad-based tariffs imposed by the executive branch as economically harmful and constitutionally questionable.
No votes or bills address tariffs, congressional authority over trade, or executive tariff actions.
Holds a strongly pro-life position, opposing abortion rights and supporting restrictions such as a ban after five months of pregnancy and defunding Planned Parenthood.
No votes or bills address abortion restrictions, Planned Parenthood funding, or related measures.